WEST VIRGINIA LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
(In Thousands - Not Seasonally Adjusted)
February 2010
					Prelim. Feb 2010	Rev. Jan 2009	Rev. Feb 2009	Change From:
								Jan  2010	Feb 2009
Civilian Labor Force					783.3	780.2	795.6	3.1	-12.3
	Total Employment				696.9	698.8	734.6	-1.9	-37.7
	Total Unemployment				86.4	81.4	61.0	5.0	25.4
		Unemployment Rate			11.0	10.4	7.7	xx	xx
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
TOTAL NONFARM PAYROLL					718.2	717.8	740.8	0.4	-22.6
PRIVATE SECTOR					569.1	571.3	591.9	-2.2	-22.8
GOODS-PRODUCING					103.3	105.1	116.8	-1.8	-13.5
	Mining and Logging				27.7	27.6	32.0	0.1	-4.3
	Construction				26.7	28.7	32.6	-2.0	-5.9
	Manufacturing				48.9	48.8	52.2	0.1	-3.3
		Durable Goods			29.3	29.3	32.4	0.0	-3.1
		Nondurable Goods			19.6	19.5	19.8	0.1	-0.2
SERVICE-PROVIDING					614.9	612.7	624.0	2.2	-9.1
Private Service-Providing					465.8	466.2	475.1	-0.4	-9.3
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities				131.1	131.8	134.6	-0.7	-3.5
		Wholesale Trade			22.5	22.4	23.5	0.1	-1.0
		Retail Trade			83.8	84.6	84.8	-0.8	-1.0
		Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities			24.8	24.8	26.3	0.0	-1.5
	Information				10.0	10.1	10.7	-0.1	-0.7
	Financial Activities				27.3	27.4	28.7	-0.1	-1.4
		Finance and Insurance			20.5	20.6	21.7	-0.1	-1.2
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			6.8	6.8	7.0	0.0	-0.2
	Professional and Business Services				57.7	57.2	59.9	0.5	-2.2
		Professional, Scientific and Technical Service			23.8	23.6	24.7	0.2	-0.9
			Management of Companies and Enterprises		5.2	5.2	5.4	0.0	-0.2
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation			28.7	28.4	29.8	0.3	-1.1
	Educational and Health Services				118.7	119.2	117.0	-0.5	1.7
		Educational Services			9.8	9.3	10.2	0.5	-0.4
		Health Care and Social Assistance			108.9	109.9	106.8	-1.0	2.1
	Leisure and Hospitality				65.9	65.7	68.7	0.2	-2.8
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			7.0	6.9	8.1	0.1	-1.1
		Accommodation and Food Service			58.9	58.8	60.6	0.1	-1.7
	Other Services				55.1	54.8	55.5	0.3	-0.4
	Government				149.1	146.5	148.9	2.6	0.2
		Federal Government			23.3	23.6	23.2	-0.3	0.1
		State Government			47.7	45.4	47.7	2.3	0.0
		Local Government			78.1	77.5	78.0	0.6	0.1
Labor-Management Dispute Status					0.0	0.0	0.0	xx	xx
Monthly estimates are preliminary and subject to revision.  Benchmark March 2009